flo or floyd

flo? or floyd?

that is the question..

here is Flo at 1 week old

and this is Flo at 25 weeks old.

Now this is the thing i have been patiently waiting for our Flo to lay her first egg this last few weeks but alas nothing, but i thought not to worry she may be a late one. But Thursday i had a sinking feeling as about 9.30am i heard a noise that just didnt feel right.

Flo had made a noise similar to a little cock a doodle doo...

NO!!!! i thought it wasnt was it, i mean as soon as i heard it i thought no.... but no, a gave it another day, no nothing, not one little squeak, but alas again this morning about 9am i heard her again. 4 times in total she tried to crow. My poor daughter is totally gutted. We all honestly thought that Flo was a girl. When i sat her down to tell her she ran off in tears, i mean it was her little hen.

Well after a couple of days for the news to sink in she has finally realised that Flo will have to go, be rehomed hopefully as i dont really like the thought of her going in the pot. Its a shame but i really dont think the neighbours would appreicate him crowing early in the morning.

I still cant quite believe still myself i mean i still keep calling her she when really i know that she is now a he. Hence the title of this post we have now changed her name to floyd.

He is such a gentle thing so friendly, i will really miss him.

Good news though... I spoke to a lovely lady that i know today at a jumble sale who has her own flock of chickens and 1 cockeral down at the local allotments. It just so happens that she was looking for another Cockeral as hers has already fathered some of the hens in her flock and didnt really fancy letting him at them. So she is more than happy to take floyd down there to keep the girls happy. Another bit of good news is  that the preschool has their allotment right next door so Bear can see him when he goes with the school and we can go and see him whenever we want.   Winning situation all round.. only thing is iam going to keep him just abit longer till he finally gets his proper cock a doddle do, which will also give his new owner time to sort out his accomodation.

Floyd is the one on the right, enjoying the snow with penelope. as you can she Floyd is much bigger then penelope, and even though this picture was only taken 2 weeks ago, Floyd already has bigger waddles and comb!

Anyway i have to think that he will be ok in his new home when it is time to go, and im sure he will love all the attention from the girls. Its just shame the he cant stay i know we have quite a large back garden but i just know  the neighbours wont be happy, i  really dont know how loud he will get or how many times he might crow and at what times, surely he couldnt get that loud but i just cant risk him  causing trouble.

half term fun?

Well another half term is here and oh what fun we have not...
so far i have felt so full of cold that i really havent felt like doing much at all. My sinuses have been playing up so sleepless night, feeling blocked up All the time. My poor girl has got it too. you should of seen us. we both had nasal strips on our noses, flu capusules down our throats, even going to bed at silly times ( early i might add, not late). After so many days like this im hoping it will soon pass.  Everyone else seems ok so far.
Bear got a valentines card today from a very sweet friend. 1st valentines card at the age of 3 how sweet is that! Even my girl got a handmade card from one of the boys in her class..

I did manage though to take the eldest two to the cinema last night, its quite nice to spend time with the them away from Bear, they all need their own time with mum from time to time. I have also been doing abit of sewing with my not so little girl. Now 13 she's more like going on  18. We made a pin cushion out of felt and lovely it is too. i also have to get some fabric ready for her to take back to school as shes making a cushion cover, in the theme of 2012.
 
We have been doing lots of baking too. For Xmas the kids all got jars full of recipe's. Yummy.
1st one was chocolate chip chocolate muffins, very nice they were, even hubby had a couple and he can be very funny about cakes and biscuits.
And the one that we did this week was Gingerbread. I brought some lovely cutters at the weekend which were in the design of Dinosaurs ( bears favourite) and some very sweet , in tins of 3 hands and footprints.  So as you can imagine we had lots of fun cutting these all out.
They didnt last very long though, but hey the kids are always hungery.

So i wonder what you have all been up to over the holidays?,  i hope they were alittle better then mine..
I going now to catch up with you all as i have been away for some time and have missed you all.. see you all soon x x

slice of chocolate cake!!

A slice of chocolate cake always makes a girl feel better!!!

Chocolate cake freshly made for dessert... yummy.

Thankyou for all your kind comments in my last post. I know its been a little while since i last blogged but I have been silently been looking at all of yours.

I really dont know what has been happening lately, prehaps its the low after Xmas.

But Alas im back feeling much better. Im so pleased, dont really like feeling like that, im normally quite a smilely, happy person.

It's in these times that i realise how much it affects my hubby, being depressed like that 24/7 really isnt any fun.

Anyway what has been happening, well theres been alot of sickness, little Bear then middle bear, then older bear then back to little Bear. It seems so horrible and comes round so quickly, yuk. Not nice im telling you. It also seem to just happen on the night time too just as im off to bed. Well thats all cleared up now.... but i heard that one of Bears friends, sister was sick so still lots doing the rounds.
It was girls united on Saturday, i had Zoe from Scented sweetpeas pop round to show me her latest tries of something im sure she will tell you about.. and well when it was time for her to leave, she realised the car would'nt start... opps she had left her lights on.
So she tried to text hubby but she had ran out of credit opps again. Lucky that Superwoman (me)  came to the rescue. After a little bit of hunting around in the back of the boot, i found the jump leads Yay. Now where do we start we thought, last thing we wanted to do was to electicute ourselves. As all superheroes end, we finally after a few attempts managed to get her car started, woopee at last she could go on her way. After that and after seeing a certain fish n chip van go past we decided to have fish n chips for tea x
Ohh what else well i made this little teddy..

and also this little campervan fridge magnet

Im very chuffed with both of them.

I dont know who is on it or not but i now have a facebook page set up called Bearsfootprints, why not pop by if you are and say hello...

Well i suppose i have been chatting long enough, just one question before i go. I had a dream last night that i had made some crochet letters.. i mean i would know where to start but if any of you know how to do them and can help me out so i can try then please do let me know.. thankyou lovely people for all your support once again and i look forward now in looking at what all of you have been up to x x

down in the dumps

 Sorry i havent been here for a little while, to be honest i havent really been feeling myself this last week or so, abit down. Not sure why, whether its because hubby is having a bad time mentally at the moment or whether its because theres been abit of sickness in the house. Little Bear was ill at the beginning of last week my middle one has been ill this last couple of nights not nice im telling you, and me well i just dont feel myself, bloated and tired oh and a wee bit irritable so not like me at all...i just want to start feeling normal again what ever normal is.
Went to physio with hubby and they seem really pleased with his progress,great but i felt a little let down because it seems like it could be a long while before he gets off  1 crutch let alone both crutches, its been so soo long now not counting am i when i say its been 1year and nearly 2months. I know at some point hopefully things will be like what it was before his accident but please hurry up.
Im sorry i havent anything really else to say, how boring am i. I just cant seem to work properly at the moment, so as they say on top gear if you watch it, now on that bombshell its time to go.
So until next time bye....from the Bear household x

all things lovely...

I hope you have all had a good xmas, mine was filled with the kids being excited and loud and just the odd moment of silence. I love xmas a time just for family to relax and enjoy x Mind you ot seemed to of flown past, i cant quite believe that this is the last night of 2011. I will have a few glasses of sparkling wine to see the new year in, but not too many as i have to go to work for 8 in the morning.
This morning though i had a most lovely surprise, a surprise because i had forgotten about it.  A little parcel came through the letter box for me.... i was thinking what have i got recently, how i could of forgotten i dont know but here is what i got..

This lovely little parcel which had a  lovely little box inside. It was posted by Janis at Giraffe Jewellery.. she makes some lovely pieces of jewellery you must pop by and say hello, please do say that i sent you as i mentioned to her that i would blog about her. I love the fact that she wrapped her box in Giraffe patterned paper.

You can catch her website on her card..

and this is the lovely piece that i had decided to buy, i fell in love with it as soon as i saw it a seed pod piece which has a green amber stone in it, i do love natural stone in my jewellery...i dont buy jewellery very often, but this piece just stood out, love it so thankyou Janis for sending out so quicky x x

Also today i finished off a commission piece.

It was a pink gingham elephant for a little girl who is going to have her first birthday. The customer had already brought one of my blue elephants for her nephew with his name on for xmas and he loved it so thought of me again for her friends little girl. This pink elephant has also had a name put on ..Nelly.

Its so nice to have customers return to buy your makes, hopefully Nelly will be pleased with it too..I now have 1 blue chequered left so lets hope he founds a new home soon too.

Happy new year to all, its been a great year being a blogger ive had my ups and downs and its been so nice having all your support and loving advice. I will have a toast to all of you. Come on 2012 its got to be a better year then i have just had x x  goodbye for now and i will see you all in 2012 x  x ps if i havent said it already THANKYOU  xxx

Liebster Award

Liebster Award

I have been very lucky to be given an award by  Jo at Through the keyhole, sorry tried to link but somehow its not qiute working, Jo also does a blog called The Good Life so why not go and pay her a visit.

The Liebster award is awarded to blogs with less than one hundred followers, and comes with a couple of rules.

1. Copy and paste the award on your blog.

2. Thank the giver(s) and link back to them.

3. Choose five blogs which you would like to pass the award on to and let them know by leaving a comment on their blog.

There are so many wonderful blogs out there to choose from. On this occasion I'd like to pass the award on to the following five blogs  

1. A little birdie told me
2. Dotty's blog
3. Country rabbit
4. Coco rose
5. Felted house

if you havent already popped by then please do and say that i have sent you x
Thats it for now, but i will be back soon x
                             

shopaholics

just another quick post for advice, i have an email from Janel from shopaholic, have any of you heard about this also named become.co.uk. not sure if i should look into further or whether it is a no go area eg virus etc please let me know x x